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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CINTRIFUSE.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,054,624
Total expenses
$3,990,014
Contributions and grants received
$2,856,409
Grants paid
$2,306
Program service revenue
$517,365
Investment income
$19,060
Other revenue
$661,790
Total assets, end of year
$10,290,641
Total liabilities, end of year
$806,727
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,483,914
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,941,721
Management and general expenses
$1,017,309
Fundraising expenses
$30,984
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,941,721

Program services were 73.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,293,459

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,562,950

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Management Fee

    total $24,000 · related or exempt $24,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Other Revenue

    total $493,365 · related or exempt $493,365 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2e · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $19,060 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $19,060

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $661,790 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $661,790 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $661,790 · related or exempt $661,790 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11b · Other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11c · Other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,306 · program services $2,306

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $664,483 · program services $345,734 · management and general $312,172 · fundraising $6,577

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,492,717 · program services $1,093,583 · management and general $381,277 · fundraising $17,857

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $14,987 · program services $11,539 · management and general $3,220 · fundraising $228

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $138,381 · program services $119,133 · management and general $16,881 · fundraising $2,367

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $146,379 · program services $104,092 · management and general $40,707 · fundraising $1,580

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $564,260 · program services $468,721 · management and general $93,164 · fundraising $2,375

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $39,793 · program services $15,000 · management and general $24,793 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,717 · program services $0 · management and general $40,717 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $45,070 · program services $39,648 · management and general $5,422 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $47,122 · program services $45,017 · management and general $2,105 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,653 · program services $4,323 · management and general $3,330 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $146,701 · program services $110,017 · management and general $36,684 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $262,104 · program services $262,104 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,730 · program services $4,976 · management and general $4,754 · fundraising $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $141,886 · program services $139,238 · management and general $2,648 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $123,980 · program services $108,680 · management and general $15,300 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $33,974 · program services $23,830 · management and general $10,144 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Miscellaneous Expense

    total $40,554 · program services $18,045 · management and general $22,509 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Tax Expense

    total $27,208 · program services $25,735 · management and general $1,473 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $9 · program services $0 · management and general $9 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,987,897 · end of year $2,986,243

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $518,175 · end of year $744,291

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $60,708 · end of year $52,142

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $3,738,835

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $310,923

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,477,486 · end of year $3,427,912

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,523,002 · end of year $1,509,150

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $31,428 · end of year $16,128

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,332,062 · end of year $1,554,775

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $199,363 · end of year $784,963

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $51,300 · end of year $21,764

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $260,791 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,419,304 · end of year $9,483,914

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To empower Cincinnati entrepreneurs to launch bold, scalable startups; and we work to improve the odds of those startups growing into transformational companies.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To make the Cincinnati region the best place in the Midwest to launch a high growth startup. We empower Cincinnati entrepreneurs to launch bold, scalable startups; and we work to improve the odds of those startups growing into transformational companies.

  • Startup, Venture, Innovation Programs- Cintrifuse enables the activation, development and growth of startups by strategically leveraging and connecting a network of partners, all committed to expanding innovation and entrepreneurship across the region. the organization provides a regimen of educational and programmatic services to entrepreneurs and start up including speaker series, innovation exchanges and development. For venture capital funds that come to the greater Cincinnati area, the organization provides an introduction to the ecosystem, by providing connections to start-ups, and established companies, by providing workshops relating to valuation and other issues to get companies, who are seed stage to series a stage ready for the conversation with potential funders.

    Expenses $2,128,551 · Grants $2,306 · Revenue $517,365

  • Union Hall: Cincy's Startup Hub - The coworking, office and event space where high-growth startups find creativity, community and connections.

    Expenses $813,170 · Revenue $661,790

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Guy Persaud

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James Zimmerman Esq

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Peter Blackshaw

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $445,244
    From this org
    $417,381
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,863
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $359,405
    Bonus
    $52,013
    Other
    $5,963
    Deferred
    $16,499
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,364
    Filer's total
    $445,244
  • Aftab Pureval

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Anu Vora

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brian Cobb

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brian Hodgett

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Cannady

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Eric Baumgardner

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gary Lindgren

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Greg Crawford

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Heather Quinley

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • J Scott Robertson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeremy Vaughan

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joshua Smith

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lisa Mullaney

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Malcolm Myers

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Fahner

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Melissa Stevens

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mike Zelkind

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Patrick Longo

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paul Jenny

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Kalutkiewicz

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rod Robinson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ryan Hays

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ryan Kean

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stephanie Hogue

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stephanie Jenkins

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tarek Kamil

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Thomas Williams

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tim Schigel

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Warren Weber

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lauren Boehmker

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $219,237
    From this org
    $197,090
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,147
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,789
    Bonus
    $34,839
    Other
    $2,462
    Deferred
    $10,094
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,053
    Filer's total
    $219,237
  • Alisa Smith

    Director Venture Services

    Total calculated
    $202,019
    From this org
    $199,690
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,329
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,815
    Bonus
    $24,750
    Other
    $2,125
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,329
    Filer's total
    $202,019
  • Donna Zarring

    Director of Development

    Total calculated
    $212,895
    From this org
    $184,346
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,549
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,451
    Bonus
    $25,302
    Other
    $2,593
    Deferred
    $5,706
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,843
    Filer's total
    $212,895
  • Joseph Kropp

    Managing Director Cintrifuse Capital

    Total calculated
    $212,924
    From this org
    $192,029
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,895
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,379
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,650
    Deferred
    $5,755
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,140
    Filer's total
    $212,924
  • Mark Wood

    Director Startup Services

    Total calculated
    $188,532
    From this org
    $163,090
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,442
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,416
    Bonus
    $13,002
    Other
    $2,672
    Deferred
    $8,614
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,828
    Filer's total
    $188,532
  • Santiago Garcia

    Principal Cintrifuse Capital Funds

    Total calculated
    $156,379
    From this org
    $150,554
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,825
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,400
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $1,154
    Deferred
    $5,825
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $156,379

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 4c Equity-based compensation arrangement
Both Joseph Kropp and Pete Blackshaw participate in equity-based compensation arrangements, but neither received any payments pursuant to the agreement in 2023.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • Innovation Hub

    Building Ownership · OH · income -$6,600 · assets $3,907,703

    Directly controlled by Cintrifuse

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • Cintrifuse Syndicate Fund I LLC

    N/A · VENTURE CAPITAL · OH

    Directly controlled by NA

  • Cintrifuse Syndicate Fund II LLC

    N/A · VENTURE CAPITAL · OH

    Directly controlled by NA

  • Cintrifuse Fund Management LLC

    N/A · VENTURE CAPITAL · OH

    Directly controlled by NA

  • Cintrifuse Fund Management II LLC

    N/A · VENTURE CAPITAL · OH

    Directly controlled by NA

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • Cintrifuse Holdings LLC

    C Corporation · INVESTMENTS, FUND MANAGEMENT I & II, CINTRIFUSE INNOVATION · OH · 100% owned · share of income $163,751 · share of assets $1,870,124 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CINTRIFUSE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433209349322258

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